THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. 5 '1 91 - iMrmm 1 4iP THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, FA. TllL'KSPAY, MARCH 6, 190a Hrtmrnitattlto t'ontOpt at Bloomaburg, Pa. t HteondoliiM matter, March 1, 18H8. The B- If. World -Thrioe-a-Week Edition. The Most Widely Read Newspaper in America. Time has demonstrated that the 7hrUe-a- Week World stands alone in its class. Other papers have im itated its form but not its success. This is because it tells all the news all the time and tells it impartially, whether that news be political or otherwise. It is, in fact, almost a daily at the price of a weekly and yon cannot afford to be without it. Republican and Democrat alike can read the Thrice a-Week Worla with absolute confidence in its truth. In addition to news, it publishes first-class serial stories and other features suited to the home and fireside. The 7irice-a-Week WorLCs reg ular subscription price is only $1.00 per year and this pays for 156 pa pers. We offer this unequalled newspaper and TitR Columbian together for $1.70. The regular subscription price ot the two papers is $2.00. tf Legal advertisements on page 7. W. S. Rishtou will move his drug store into the Peacock build ing next Monday. . Dan C. Hogne, Watsontown's new postmaster, took charge of the office Saturday. The flood interfered with the fcasket ball game Monday night. The Scrauton team could not get here. 1 "Patsy" Reilly has accepted a position at Williamsport. He has been employed at Lebanon for more than a year. Normal School base ball candi dates are coming out. There will be little change in the team from that of last season. The A. & T. Biograph Company was unable to keep its engagement at Lewisburg Monday evening on account of the flood. S T- 1 f Al. ' : Eloomsburg Car Manufacturing "(J Company, bad a finger on his right J 1. 1 1 T..J.. , I Bovd 'Evans will move from &vmnt 'Rli-.r.mcKltrnp rn Anril nrsi ana occupy uis aouse oa iasi ' f as clerk in F. P. Pursel's store. A. H. Bloom went to Wilkes Barre on Saturday. He reached borne on Monday noon, but in order to do so he was obliged to walk twelve miles to Nanticoke where he took the Pennsy. Both Telephones. NOTICE ! This is the age of expansion, i and as we are always up-to-- ! date we have decided to ex $ pand. On f March 17 we Move TO THE PEACOCK BUILDING, tOn Market Square, which is bow Wells Hardware Store. ' -f In our enlarged quarters we hope to receive all our old and many new customers in the i finest Drug Store in Central Pennsylvania. n W. S. RlSHTON, ' Ph. Ch, Pharmacist- H" MONARCH PATS." Great Shoes, In Every Leather. The Patent Leather Shoe ' That Won't Break Thro'. Try a pair. We have the exclusive sale. W. C. HcKINNEY, 8 E. Main St. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Miller have purchased the G. M. Quick prop erty on Main street and will move into it on April ist. Mrs. II. F. Diettericn was in Orangeville Monday and Tuesday assisting Mrs. Llovd Dietterich at the hotel into which they moved on that day. The force at the various indus' tries of town was cut down on Mon day owing to the inability of em ployees living in nearby towns to reach here. Rev. William Heakes, of Wells boro, Archdeacon of the Archdea conry of Williamsport, will preach in St. Paul's church next Wednes day evening at 7:30 o'clock. B. W. IIouscl has reopened the liloomsburg Market just around the corner from Main street on Iron. He is handling a complete line 01 iruu, oysters ana nsn. By an overwhelming majority last week, the people of Plymouth voted for a loan granting the borough the privilege of borrowing $25,000 to suppress the small-pox plague. Miss Lulu Raber was tendered a surprise party by her sister Mrs. Boyd Tubbs Saturday. Several invited guests were present and the evening was spent in a very delect' able manner. The will of the late John J. Wag enseller was admitted to probate on Saturday. Mrs. Wagenseller is named as the sole executrix and all the property, both real and personal is leit to her absolutely. Fred Rubenstiue was seized with convulsions in front of the First National Bank Saturday afternoon and was removed to his home in an unconscious condition. He re covered shortly afterward. J. S. Williams auctioneered a big horse sale at Kingston, N. Y. on Thursday last and one at Shenen doah, this state, on Saturday. He Is known as a successful auctioneer and his services are in great de mand. Freas Hicks, of Catawissa, came to Bloomsburg Saturday evening It was his intention to return to Catawissa Sunday evening, but the high water intervened and he was compelled to remain in town until the floods subsided. Rev. Dr. Hemingway was not able to reach home on Saturday. He spent the week in Jersey Shore, and on his return trip got as far as Sunbury where the flood blocked his way and he did not arrive here until Monday noon. John Kenyon came down from Unityville Saturday on business and remained in town over Sunday. He reports the roads in the rural districts in a terrible condition, the mud in some places being a foot to a foot and a half deep. Nearly a year ago The Colum bian called attention to Blooms burg's centennial and urged that some action be taken towards its proper observance. The subject is now being agitated again, and something may materialize. : Deputy Sheriff Bruce Black start ed for Sunbury Saturday aiternoon to spend Sunday, but the high water at Riverside had stopped travel aud he was obliged to re main there until Monday when Sheriff knorr drove down after him. We hear it rumored that two last night trains will be put on by the Pennsylvania Railroad Compa ny the coming summer, one between Wilkes-Barre aud Lewistown Junc tion via Sunbury, and the other between Wilkes-Barre and Phila delphia via Nescopeck. ' 'f The new daily, the Morning Press made its initial bow to the public on Saturday morning. It is a six column four page sheet, neat typo graphically, newsy and bright. The proprietors, Thomas Vanderslice and Paul R. Eyerly, are very worthy young men and deserve success. Gerald Gross and Guv Sleppy attended a dauce at Catawissa Tues day evening. . - . The residence of li. W. Drinker at Wilkes- Barre had several feet of water on the first floor on Sunday. . , . . The name of Charles P. Harder was on Monday sent to the Senate by President Roosevelt for confir dation for the postmastership of Danville. Benton is coming down strong Saturday night to hear Bryan. Thev telephoned for forty of the best seats in the house. The B. & S. R. R. Co. will run a special train. The directors of Berwick's new National elected officers at a meet ing held Friday evening. They are, President, C. C. Iivans; Vice President, S. W. Dickson; Cashier, Barton D. Freas. During the high water many of the milkmen had trouble to serve their customers. Charles McBride, ot Rupert, missed his trips on Mon day only, but was obliged to drive up the tow-path on Sunday and Tuesday. Ten new members were initiated into the secrets of the Knights of the Golden Eagle Monday evening The membership of the order is swelling with remarkable rapidity. Scarcely a meeting night passes that candidates are not proposed. . Miss Flora Skeer arrived home from an extended visit with Phila delphia friends Saturday afternoon. She left the city at noon on Friday, expecting to reach Bloomsburg in the evening, but the high water in terposed and she could get no far ther than Tamaqua where she re mained over night. W. K. Armstrong, says the Sun bury Item, is making improvements in his drug store on Market Street, a whole new case, new plate glasses and new mirrors of the latest design, which go to make up an up-to-date drug store have been put in. Will's numerous friends in Bloomsburg are glad to hear of his prosperity. W. R. Prior, Jr. who is well and favorably known in Bloomsburg was last week promoted by the Bell Telephone Company. He will have general charge of the Northern Pennsylvania division of the com pany's interests, with headquarters at Wilkes-Barre. Mr. Prior has been located at Reading for some time past. Burt Henrie won the Wheelmen's euchre prize Tuesday evening, win ning sixteen out of a possible twen ty. Louis Gross was a close sec ond, with fifteen games, and Will CofTman was right on his heels with fourteen. There were twenty par ticipants. A ladies' and gentle men's euchre will be held to-tuor-niorrow evening. Seats are being engaged rapidly for William Jenning's Bryan's lecture on "A Conquering Nation," Saturday evening, and from present indications the Opera House will be crowded. It promises to be the "biggest talk" Bloomsburg has ever had. The distinguished gentle man is being greeted everywhere by tremendous audiences. Monday afternoon Prof. A. L. Crossley, of the Normal School, accompanied a number of his pupils in civil government, to the Court House. They were escorted through the building and the pro fessor exnlained to the students the purpose of the various, offices and the duties of the officials. I he knowledge obtained will be of great value to them in mastering the system of polity. Another candidate appears this week for the office of Prothonotary, in the person ol C. M. Terwilliger, of this town. He failed the omce of clerk to the county commission ers for a number of years and per formed all his duties with intelli gence and to the satisfaction of the public. He was a candidate six vears at-o. but withdrew before the end of the campaign. If elected Mr. Terwilliger is thoroughly com petent to fill the position. While O. B. Mellick has been postmaster for the past four years, it is well known that he has given the office no personal attention. The management has been in the hands of F. M. Kelly and tne ser vice has been entirely satisfactory, so far as we have heard. Mr. Kelly has been courteous and oblig ing, and the best interests of the nnhliV an far as mail service is con cerned, have been promoted by him to the full extent of his power. Should he be retained in his pres ent nosition it will eratify a large number of citizens, but if this is uot on the program he will leave the office with the best wishes of all his friends, and they are many. PURELY PERSONAL A. II. Edgar, of Benton, was in town Monday. K. S. Howman, postmaster of Berwick, was in town 1 uesilay. Miss Ivariore lioylcs ami Miss Kllirl Stookey, of Kerwick, spent Monday in town, M. F. 1). Scanlon, of the Electric Rail way, made a business trip to Berwick on Friday. E. L. Mumma, of the Electric Railway Co., has gone to Philadelphia. He left last evening Miss Grace House!, of the Kfcrmnl School, is entertaining Miss Kciic Whitman of Wil linmsport Miss Natalie Foulk lias accepted an en gngement at ihe Lutheran church as choir leader and instructor. George B. Mummer, of Jamison City, came down on the 1. & S. R. R. Tuesday and spent the day in town. S. H. Karns, Esq., of Hcnton, transacted legal business in town Monday, licnton's loss by reason of high water, he says, will be small. Mrs. P. S. Harmau is quite ill at her home on Iron Street. C. H. Sharpless & Go's. Center Street store building is undergoing repairs. Charles Kline has been promoted to a clerkship in S. R. Bidleman's stationery. store. He has been in Mr. Bidleman's employ as paper carrier for a number of years. The Berwick council Tuesday night repealed the trolley ordinance and ordered that the rails be re moved and the streets be replaced as they were before the laying of the tracks. This will undou btedly be resisted by Scanlon & Co. in the courts and the outcome cannot be predicted. Mrs. J. W. Evans died on Mon day at her home on Fifth street, this town, after a long illness, at tended with great suffering. The surviving children are Mrs. Cora Bowman and Mrs. Lizzie Beagle, of Berwick, Mrs. Alice Pursel, of Jerseytown, and a son residing in Wilkes-Barre. After a protracted illness Wil liam Beers died at his home in Light Street, Thursday. He was an aged man, having lived consider ably beyond the alotted time, and his faculties were rapidly failing. The deceased was about seven years ago a resident ot this town. Four daughters survive, they are, Emily, Mary, Clara and Mrs. E. E. Brown, all of Light street. The funeral was held on Saturday. . Among the list of candidates will be found the name of A. B. Croop, of Briarcreek, who is an aspirant for the office of County Treasurer. He has asked for this position three limes before, and made a good run each time, the last time coming within a half vote of making it. Though defeated he has always stood firmly by the ticket, and has never been a kicker or bolter. He feels that he is entitled now to the support of the party of which he has been a consistent member for many years and he asks the suf frage of the Democrats of Columbia county. Louis Cohen started home from Philadelphia on Saturday morning and reached here Monday noon Part of the time the train ran through water up to the second step. At Tamaqua the passengers were told that the train could go no further and that the company would pay their bills at the hotel, but at nine o'clock Saturday night it was announced that they could get through to Sunbury, and Mr. Cohen arrived there early Sunday morn ing. There he engaged a livery man to drive him to Danville, and when about four miles from that place the whiffletree broke and the horses got away but stopped only a short distance ahead. There were no houses near, but in an old saw mill they found a chain and fixed the whiffletree and finally reached Danville Sunday afternoon, and he came home on the P. & R. next day. Mr. Cohen gives a veiy amusing account of his trip, though at times it was no laughing matter. A twelve-years-old son of Louis Rosenthal nearly lost his life by drowning on Saturday morning. He went down to the culvert on Market street, near the river, where the backwater had overflowed the road, and in attempting to place a plank in the road at the request of a by-stander, he stepped off the edge and went down in fifteen feet of water. He had on gum boots and was unable to swim, but fortu nately caught hold of the plank and was able to keep his head above water. For a time it looked serious for the boy, but Walter C. Trappe happened along, and throwing off his outer clothing and boots he plimeed into the icy flood and suc ceeded in lodging the boy and him self in the branches of a tree. There they remained for fifteen or twenty minutes until a fence section was procured and a rope brought down by Supplee's team, which had been telephoned for. They were finally landed, and though chilled Preparing for Last Saturday made one think of spring, We. have been thinking and preparing about it for some time. You can now see a portion of our preparations for it in the storeT New spring goods are blooming forth from all departments. Styles handsomer than ever. You may want a new gown, skirt, waist, or maybe, want to remodel one. You can select from this stock now and know it's the correct styles and the right articles. Tress Materials. They're here, they're right, and they're lowly priced lor See them. good qualities. 50c for all wool cheviots. 75c for all wool cheviots. $ 1 00 for all wool Broad cloths. 50c for all wool Alba tros. Eai Ei Silks. Yes, they're for you, in here, ready handsome, striped, corded effects, in choice colorings, suitable for children's dresses, shirt waists, &c. They don't cost,much. See them. Tarn-Over Collars. A new line of these dainty collars, with lace and embroidery. You should see them. Ribbons. It's ribbons on this and that. It's a ribbon season, for ties, bows, sashes and trimmings. They're here, for all purposes, in the standard and fancy effects. The new ribbon, "Gros De Venis." See it. snojis of all umi except inferior shoes, can be found here. We offer honest material, whether it be calf or kid, and made up in an honest manner, into styl ish and durable footwear, for men, women and children. Any and every new shape or style that is worthy of considera tion will be found in our stock. Our ladies' shoes, at $2.00, have had a remarkable sale. Their merits have won friends every where. Another good shoe is Colonial Dame, at $2.50. F. TALK Adjusting Lenses. The science of aJapting lenses to the sight is a complicated and exacting S one An optician must be thoroughly conversant with all the laws of light 5 and physical optics. He must understand the action of mirrors and lenses. The formation and construction of different kinds of glass and lense material. S He must be familiar with all the intricate workings of the human eye and be 5 able to detect the slightest flaw in its adjustments. He must take an exact measmurement of every curve and surface. If tae eye is stronger in a vertical S than in a horizontal direction he must prescribe and supply a lense that is 5 strongest horizontally in order to equalize the defect. If a muscle is weak he must select a lense that will strengthen that particular muscle. I devote esiiec- S ial attention lo this work. I Hudy my science and study my customers I try 5 to do a little better each day than I did the day before. See me about y mr eyes. 3-eo.."W Hess, S Optician and Jeweler, BLOOMSBURG, TENN'A. 2 Yon Can Buy Keguiar size of the best . made for 19 cents. Only for a few days until stock is reduced. J. LEE MARTIN, Jeweler and Optician. Telephone 1842. by the icy bath no bad effects have resulted. The boy was taken home in J. R. Schuyler's carriage and Mr. Trappe was brought up in Sup plee's wagou. The rescue of the boy was a most heroic act, and the men who would have attempted it are not many. Mr. Trappe is enti tled to a medal of honor. s Easter. Laces, Laces. Never before . has there been a season when laces I will be used as this season. Its laces on everything. Laces of all kinds, from the finest to the heaviest. We have all the wanted kinds. Our assortment was never so large, nor prices so little. Wash Goods. Handsome new styles, fine cloths, choice color ings, in Batiste, Dimities, Galatea Cloths, Percales, Madras, &c. Dress Ginghams, 8c a yd. White Madras, 15c a yd. Seersuckers, all styles.. Fine Dress Gingham, 12c a yard. Special Table Linens. All linen, half bleached, good width, choice pat terns. This lot at 50c yd. Don't wait if you wish to share in them. Counterpanes. Two grades, below value, one at 97c each, sold by many at $1 25, the other at $1.10 each, worth $1.50. H. J. CLARK & SON. D. UENTLER. NO. 11. 25 cent bottle Silver Polish Notes, Four different forms 'of notes have just been printed at this office. They are, a common promissory note, promissory with waivers, judgment, and judgment with waivers. Neatly bound in books of twenty-five, 10 cents. tf.
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